HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

About the Role

The HW Project Leader (HW Co-PL) / HW Architect is member of a global HW development team to realize automotive IVI and telematics systems. She/he leads the HW development for OEM customer projects, coordinates all HW-related tasks acc. Harman BMS process and guidelines of Hardware Development or/and acts as a representative and assistance of the HW Project Manager.

Your Team

You will be part of Telematics Development/ Engineering Team Bucharest/Romania inside the SBU Connectivity, reporting to the Team Leader HW Engineering or/and to Director Hardware Engineering.

What You Will Do

Technical lead hardware development projects in the field of automotive infotainment (optional: with safety criteria)- which includes the technical lead of the local HW project team, steering of the project team in remote locations (Bucharest, Shanghai) in close cooperation to the local managers- and acts as the customer interface for Hardware topicsRepresentative of Hardware Project Manager (HW PM) in internal and external meetings (customer, suppliers)Assistance/Support of HW PM in the conception, the commercial evaluation and the provision of technical specifications, documentation and presentation material for Telematics- and Connectivity function blocks and productsSupport in the realization of the Hardware Development Process acc. Harman BMS and guidelines of SBU Hardware DevelopmentSupport/Perform Requirement Engineering (Doors, DNG, ALM), Change Management, documentation, DFMEA, … under Harman ToolsPerform the analysis, evaluation and feasibility of customer requirements and special OEM specifications for RFC, RFI, RFQ and CRs, BOM estimates and calculation, effort estimation and technical support for risk managementPerform the analysis of cost-down measures to achieve HW BOM targetsRealization of system designs, schematics and/or schematics integration of hardware applications and functional blocks / modules for In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems in the range of simple to medium complexity under consideration of Harman guidelines during the complete development processGlobal cooperation with other departments as Construction, Quality, Manufacturing and Software during the development processMaintenance supportTechnical support for internal and/or external staff in the industrialization of functional items in an international environment (e.g. ODM, EMS suppliers)Analysis of the customer specification, generation of related work packages (design and verification) and performing design reviews for each development stageCollect, analyze and prepare all relevant project data for the project status and report project status to management levelExecution of special projects on behalf of the disciplinary superior

About the Role

Within the offered role your responsibility will mainly be to be part of TCU design. You will be involved in planning and execution of dedicated projects

What You Need

Minimum of bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications or appropriate graduation)Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the HW development, verification and industrialization of In-vehicle Infotainment systems or other automotive ECUs of similar complexity levelExperience in the project managementExperience in technical lead of HW teamExperience in requirements management (e.g. DOORS, DNG, ALM) beneficial as well as Microsoft applicationsStructured and result-oriented working styleAbility of teamwork with internal/external teamsGood knowledge in spoken and written English

What Makes You Eligible

Willingness to international travel (approx. 20% of time) depending on the project necessities

What We Offer

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Work in international teams with the world’s largest automotive manufacturersUse HARMAN Flex – chose the right working model fitting their job (WfH, Hybrid or Office)Access career development opportunities and get both on the job training on high-end automotive projects, as well as extensive technical trainingsAccess HARMAN Webshop with large employee discounts for audio products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG)Are encouraged to a healthy work/life balance with a progressive holiday plan based on total work experience, 2 sick days, 3 days off compensation for weekend legal holidays and flextimeAnd of course, enjoy meal tickets, a premium medical subscription, fitness discounts and other corporate perks

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.